"Not because they were petty and bitter," Megatron argues. "Because they felt so strongly about our kind wiping out billions of non-Cybertronian lives that they'd rather themselves suffer and allow the rest of the galaxy to flourish. The only reason I am here is because one individual was petty and bitter enough at the Functionists to not allow it to happen."

Which had done a lot to cripple Megatron's confidence in his choices. If the people he had wanted to free from the corrupt Senate would rather be shackled than allow their war to spread... What right has he to stop them? Megatron hadn't even tried to convince them otherwise.

He grumbles, taking another sip from the energon. It's different, yes, but perhaps that's because Tarn has odd tastes himself.

"I align myself with those that think I can change."